Plumber&#39;s appliance.



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PLUMBERS APPLIANCE. (Application filed Nov. 30, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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WITNESSES HERBERT NORRIS KIRK, OF KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

PLUMBERS APPLIANCE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 667,913, dated February 12, 1901. Application filed November 30, 1900. $erial No. 38,164- (No model.)

To (tZZ whom, it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT NORRIS KIRK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Keene, in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and Improved Plumbers Appliance, of which the following is a fulhclear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an instrument which may be employed readily and elfectively to clear the outlet-passages of sinks,bath-tubs, and like devices of solid matter which may accumulate therein and stop the passage.

To this end the invention comprises a special form of nozzle, the construction of which will be fully disclosed hereinafter.

This specification is a specific description of one form of the invention, while the claims are definitions of the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicaie corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of the invention, and Fig. 2 is a detail section of one of the parts.

The devicecomprises a tapering nozzle Ct of essentially the usual form, provided with a cock Z2 and having an internally-tln-eaded socket a, adapted to form part of a conneclion (7, by which the hose 6, leading from a source of Water-supply, is attached to the nozzle CL. Around the tapering nozzle a is fitted securely a tapering sleevef, of tough rubber, the outer end of which projects adjacent to, i but not beyond, the outer or small end of the nozzle Ct. Said end of the nozzle is formed with an ann ular external rib a and this serves removably to hold in place a tough-rubber washer g. The washer g may be constructed in various sizes. For example, the large size shown in Fig. 1 may be used in connection with the discharge-openings of bath-tubs and other appliances to which such large size is fitted, and for smaller openings a smaller form of the washer (g in Fig. 2) may be employed.

In using the invention if the dischargepipe of a sink-basin or bath-tub is clogged a Washer g of suitable size should be fitted to the end of the nozzle and this Washer inserted in the discharge-opening. Then by manipulating the cock I) the Water supplied to the hose 6 may be turned on and the obstruction forced out of the discharge-pipe. Should it be desired to clear out a pipe which is not attached to a basin or the like, the Washer 9 may be removed and the sleevefinserted in the end of the pipe. The operation is then the same as that described above. It will be obvious that the parts f and g may be used at one time or another, according to the exigencies of the occasion, and it is not considered necessary to embody in this specification a description of the numerous manners of using the device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A plumbers appliance, comprising a tapering nozzle, a yielding sleeve fitted thereon, and a yielding Washer removably secured to the end of the nozzle adjacent to the sleeve.

2. Aplumbers appliance, comprisinganoz" zle, a sleeve of yielding material mounted on the nozzle and extending to a point adjacent to the end thereof, and a yielding Washer fastened on the end of the nozzle adjacent to the sleeve.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HERBERT NORRIS KIRK. Witnesses:

OYRUs S. MOORE, FRANK H. WHITCOMB. 

